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I HORACE A. MANLEY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISING MACHINE COMPANY, OF MAINE.

COIN-CONTROLLED MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,792, dated May 10, 1898.

Application filed March 19, 1896- Serial No. 583,892. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE A. MANLEY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Mechanisms; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. v

This invention has referenceto improvements in coin controlled mechanisms, and particularly to that class of coin-controlled mechanism shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 545,634, dated September 3, 1895.

The object of this invention is to so construct a coin-controlled mechanism that a traveling disclosing device may be operatively connected with a stationary coin-controlled operating mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to so construct a machine of this nature that a; traveling actuated mechanism may be operatively connected with a stationary coin-controlled actuating mechanism.

Still another object is to positively connect a stationary coin controlled device with a traveling mechanism so that said mechanism may be traversed by one operation of the coincontrolled device and actuated through a separate operation thereof.

Still another object is to broaden the scope of operation of the actuated mechanism while operatively connected with the coin controlled device to adapt the mechanism to a large variety of uses.

The invention consists in the use of a traveling mechanism adapted to be actuated for some useful purpose, in combination with a stationary coin-controlled device through the medium of which said mechanism is traversed and actuated.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a traveling mechanism and a stationary shaft mounted to rotate and reciprocate, of a coin-controlled device for looking the shaft against reciprocation and connections between the shaft and the traveling mechanism.

The invention still further consists in the construction of the connections between the coin-controlled shaft and the traveling mechanism.

The invention also consists in such other novel features of construction and combination of parts as shall hereinafter be more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a front view of the machine, portions of the door-frame and its transparent plate being broken away to show the mechanism and the advertisingcard within the case. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged cross-sectional view of parts of the machine, taken on a line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional view of portions of the machine, taken on a line b b, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a front elevation of the shut ter-plate with the shutter in the open position, exposing to view an address on that portion of the advertising-card back of the shutterplate. Fig. 5 represents a view of portions of the door-frame, showing details of the devices for fastening the central portion of the door. in place.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In carrying my invention into practice it has been my desire to make use of an actuated mechanism capable of traveling toward or from a fixed point and operative at any part of its travel through the medium of a stationary coin-controlled mechanism.

The particular construction herein shown and described is more especially adapted for use in advertising-machines, exhibiting de: vices, and similar-uses; but it is my desire and intention to claim and appropriate the.

mechanical combinations as hereinafter particularly claimed without reference to the many uses to which such combinations may be put.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the back of a shallow case having the sides 11 and 12, the top 13, and bottom 14. Hinged to the case is a door-frame 15, having an inwardly-extending flange or lip 16, furnished with slots, as 17, .part of which is inclined or extends toward the front plate 15 of the door-frame. The fastening-pins, as 18, are of a diameter to loosely fit the slots 17 and have enlargements 19 and 20, separated on the pin a distance slightly greater than the thickness of the flange 16. By the use of the slots and pins a plate of glass 21, or other material represented in the drawings by that element, may be readily secured in the door-frame. In the door-frame is a coin-slot 22.

The coin-chute 23 is secured in the case adjacent to the side 11, being furnished with a trumpet-shaped mouth 24, located opposite the coin-slot 22 of the door-frame and having a vertical slot 25, through which a coin-lever may work. The mountings for supporting the coin-chute 23 may consist of the brackets 26 26 or similar devices of well-known construction.

Within the case is vertically pivoted the guide or track 27 ,havin g a perforation through which the portion 28 of the shaft 29, between the enlargements 30 and 31, may freely work, the distance between these enlargements determining the degree of lost motion in the reciprocation of the shaft 29 before either the one or the other of these enlargements act on the track, guide, or gate 27.

The shaft 29 is herein termed the actuating-shaft, and is so mounted in bearings in the case that it may be rotated at will and reciprocated under certain conditions. At its inner end is mounted the bevel-gear 32, and it is furnished with a coil-spring 33, fastened at one end to the shaft, the other end bearing against the bracket 34, the spring exerting a pressure which tends to move the shaft toward the left. At the outer or left-hand end the shaft has a knob 35, located outside of the case, by which the shaft may be turned. Adjoining this knob is the member 36, mounted to rotate and reciprocate in a bearing in the side 11 of the case and slightly longer than the proposed reciprocal traverse of the shaft. This member has a tapering portion 37 and an end 38 at right angles with the axis of'the shaft. At a short distance from the member 36 is located the member 39, having the tapering portion 40 and the end 41.

Mounted in the bracket 43, which is secured to the back of the case, is the shaft 42, and on this shaft is journaled the counterweight 44, having the locking-bolt 45, which swings in between the ends 38 and 41 of the members 36 and 39 and preventsthe reciprocation of the shaft 29. To the front portion of the counterweight and of the locking-bolt 45 is v the coin-lever 46, curved at its lower end to extend through the slot 25 in the coin-chute and having the lateral bend 47 at its upper end.

When a coin is inserted through the coinslot 22, it passes down through the coin-chute 23 and, striking the curved end 46 of the lever, overcomes the counterweight 44, the lever moving backward until the bend 47 bears against the largest diameter of the member 39. By this movement the locking-bolt 45 is also moved back from between the ends 38' are the brackets 49, 49, 50, and 51.

and 41 of the members 36 and 39, so that the shaft 29 may be reciprocated, the edge of the bolt 45 riding up the tapering portion 37, while the bend 47 rides d own the tapering portion 40.

Within the case is mounted a card 48, having printed on the right hand numbered advertisements without addresses or questions.

On the left-hand portion is printed addresses or answers to the questions, arranged in ;columns and numbered to correspond with the particular advertisements or questions to which they belong.

Above and below the ends of the card 48 In the brackets 49 49 is journaled the shaft 52, on which the band-roller 53 is mounted. In the brackets 50 and 51 is journaled the shaft 54, carrying the band-roller 55 and the bevel-gear 56, while the vertical shaft 57 is journaledin the brackets 34 and 51, having at its upper end the bevel-gear 58, which intermeshes with and drives the gear 56, and at its lower end the bevel-gear 59,whioh is engaged and driven by the gear 32 on the shaft 29 when this gear 32 is in its normal position.

Over the rollers 53 and 55 is stretched the band 60, the ends of whichare connected with the shutter-plate 61 by any suitable means. This band serves the purpose of two shields, one above and one below the shutter-plate, the province of these shields being to hide from view the matter printed on the card 48 immediately back of the shields.

The shutter-plate 61 is furnished with any suitable number of viewing-slots 62 62 and the opening 63,while it is prevented from sagging by the yoke 64, the bearings of which work on the vertical guide-rod 65, mounted in the case. On the shutter-plate 61 is pivoted the shutter 66,, sufficiently long to cover one or more of the viewing-slots 62 in the shutter-plate and having one or more openings 67 67, through which the number at the left of the address, answer, &c., on the card behind the shutter-plate may be viewed.

The shutter has also the bent member 68,

which works through the opening 63 in the shutter-plate andhas a notch 69 traveling over thefree edge of the rail or gate 27, whereby this member, and with itthe shutter 66, is

. operated at any point in its vertical traverse by the swinging of the gate 27.

The portion marked 7 O in Fig. 2 is the backing or support for the card 48.

An advertisement having been selected, its

, number is noted. The knob 35 is then rotated in the proper direction to move the shutter-plate up or down, as the case may be, to bring one of the openings 67 in the shutter opposite the same, this movement being accomplished through the gears'32, 59, 58,

and 56 and their shafts to rotate the bandroller 55 and the band 60. When the proper position is reached, a coin is inserted through the slot 22,, the mechanism is unlocked, as

previously described, and the knob 35 pushed inward, thus swinging the gate or rail 27 and operating the shutter 66 to remove the same from before viewing-slots.

Reference to the drawings will indicate that when the knob 35 is pushed inward to operatevthe shutter 66 the shutter-plate will be non -traversable from the rotation of said knob, as the gear 32 will be disconnected from the gear 59. On the outward reciprocation of the knob 35 and its shaft 29 the bend 47 of the coin-lever, riding up the tapering portion of the member 39, will draw the locking-bolt again into position between the members 36 and 39 before the gear 32 engages with that marked 59, the counterweight 44 also tending to bring the locking-bolt to this position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a coin-controlled mechanism, the combination with a traveling plate, having a viewing-slot, and a shutter for closing the slot, of a coin-controlled device mounted in fixed bearings for actuating the shutter.

2. In a coin-controlled mechanism, a swinging rail on which a portion of the mechanism to be actuated is travel-sable and means for swinging the rail.

3. In a coin-controlled mechanism, the combination with a traveling mechanism provided with a portion to be actuated, and a swinging rail or gate with whichsuch portion is engaged, of a coin-controlled mechanism, having means for swinging the gate.

4. In a coin-controlled mechanism, bandrollers, a band mounted thereon, a plate having a Viewing-slot carried by the band, a shutter pivotally mounted on the plate, a swinging gate adapted to engage and operate the shutter, a coin-controlled device connected with one of the rollers for the purpose of transmitting rotation thereto, and connected with the gate to cause the same to swing, when desired.

5. The combination with a case containing matter to be viewed, band-rollers rotatable at the upper and lower portions of the case, a continuous band mounted on said rollers and including a portion having a viewing-slot, and a shutter working before said slot, of means for operating the belt, and a coin-conf ll trolled mechanism mounted in fixed bearings for actuating the shutter.

6. The combination with the band-rollers 53 and 55 rotatably mounted, a bevel-gear on the roller 55, the vertical shaft 57 mounted in bearings and having the gear 58, meshing with the gear on the roller 55, and the gear 59 at the lower portion of the shaft, and a rotatable shaft having a gear meshing with the gear 59, of a band mounted onthe band-rollers and furnished with a viewing-slot, a shutter for closing the slot, and means for operating the shutter.

7. The combination with a door-frame 15 having the flange 16 furnished with the slot 17, and a pin 18, fitting said slot, and having the enlargements 19 and 20, of a panel adapted to be secured in place in the door-frame by said pin.

8. The combination with the shutter-plate 61 having viewing-slots and the opening 63, the yoke 64 secured to said plate, the vertical guide 65 on which the yoke is movable, and the shutter 66 pivoted on the shutter-plate, and having the member 68 working through the opening 64, and furnished with the slot 69, of the track 27, pivotally mounted within the case, the edge of which is engaged in the notch 69, and a coin-controlled mechanism adapted to swing said track.

9.. The combination with the case, the shaft 29 rotatable in bearings and adapted to reciprocate, and having the members 30 and 31, the gate or rail 27 pivotally mounted and engaged by said members, the shaft passing through an opening in the gate, and a mechanism adapted to be operated by the swinging of the gate, of a coin-controlled mechanism for locking the shaft 29 from reciprocation.

10. The combination with the shaft 7 29 mounted to rotate and reciprocate, and having the members 36 and 39 with their portions 37 and 40, of the counterweight 44 pivoted above the shaft and having the locking-bolt 45, and the coin-lever 46, secured tothe counterweight and having the bent portion 47.

HORACE A. MANLEY.

Witnesses:

JoHN B. MOKENNA, WILLIAM N. Oseoon. 

